Week of May 15th

Monday

The Red Badge of Courage - final essay.

Tuesday

Fiction Final

Wednesday

Nonfiction Final

Thursday

Make up
Wrap up
Seniors Last Day

Friday

Awards and Fun Day

Week of May 8th

Monday - Friday

Workshop The Red Badge of Courage Project
Reading Journal due by the end of the week

Week of May 1st

Monday - Friday

Workshop The Red Badge of Courage Project

Week of April 24th

Monday

Unit Seven Vocabulary Due
Introduction to The Red Badge of Courage Project

Tuesday

Unit Seven Vocabulary Test

Wednesday - Friday

Workshop The Red Badge of Courage Project

Week of April 17th

Monday - Tuesday

No School - Easter Break

Wednesday

Revisionist History - Episode Six

Thursday

Workshop Episode Six - Revisionist History

Friday

Reading Day

Week of April 10th

Monday - Tuesday

Workshop Essay - Of Mice and Men

Wednesday

Introduction to Unit Seven vocabulary - Due April 24th

Thursday - Friday

No School - Easter Break

Week of April 3rd

Monday - Tuesday

Finish Comic Strip - Act V
Essay Response - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Wednesday - Friday

Art of the film - Of Mice and Men

Week of March 27th

Monday - Thursday

Finish class reading A Midsummer Night's Dream
When we are finished, students will respond to an essay prompt.

Friday

PSSA Assembly

Week of March 20th

Monday

Unit Six Vocabulary due
Review A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tuesday

Unit Six Vocabulary Test

Wednesday - Friday

Continue class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Week of March 13th

Monday

Introduction to Unit Six Vocabulary - Due Next Monday

Tuesday - Friday

Introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Read play as a class.
At the end of each Act, students will be given a prompt for a two page essay.

Week of March 6th

Monday

Novel Argument Due
Unit Five Vocabulary Due and Review

Tuesday

Unit Five Vocabulary Test

Wednesday - Thursday

Students will listen to an episode of Revisionist History
Students will write a paper discussing the podcast

Friday


Reading Day

Week of February 27th

Monday

Ten Page Draft - Novel Argument Due
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary - Due next Monday

Tuesday - Friday

Peer Review/Final revision - Novel Argument - Due Monday

Week of February 20th

Monday

No School

Tuesday - Friday

Workshop Novel Argument
Rough Draft due on Monday

Week of February 13th

Monday - Thursday

Workshop Novel Argument
First Five Pages due on Thursday

Friday

No School

Week of February 6th

Monday - Friday

Workshop Novel Argument
Six sources and notes due on Wednesday
Introduction due on Friday

Week of January 30th

Monday

Presentation of Short Story Fair Project

Tuesday - Friday

Introduction to Novel Argument
Research for Novel Argument Paper

Week of January 23rd

Monday - Friday

Introduce Short Story Fair Project - Students will be put into groups and will create a science fair project for an assigned short story. Each group will prepare and present their project on Friday.

Week of January 16th

Monday

No School - Teacher In Service

Tuesday

Episode Four - Revisionist History Due
Class Discussion - Wired Magazine Short Story
Introduction to Symbol - "The Minister's Black Veil" - Due on Wednesday

Wednesday

Class Discussion - "The Minister's Black Veil"
Introduction to imagery - "The Open Boat"

Thursday

Read "The Open Boat" as a pdf and respond to the text on a google document.

Friday

Class discussion - "The Open Boat"

Week of January 9th

Monday

Unit 8 Vocabulary Due

Tuesday

Unit 8 Vocabulary Test
"The Fall of the House of Usher" MUTT due - Class discussion

Wednesday

Episode Four - Revisionist History

Thursday

Workshop - Revisionist History - Due on Tuesday
Introduction to Science Fiction - "Wired Magazine" Short Story - MUTT due on Tuesday

Friday

Reading Day

Week of January 2nd

Monday

Review Grapes of Wrath essay
Review midterm
Introduction to Unit Four words - Due Monday

Tuesday

Midterm - Revisionist History

Wednesday

Midterm - Frankenstein and The Grapes of Wrath

Thursday - Friday

The Grapes of Wrath Essay due Friday
Mood and "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Week of December 19th

Monday - Tuesday

Reading Workshop - Finishing The Grapes of Wrath

Wednesday

Classroom discussion - The Grapes of Wrath

Thursday - Friday

Review for Midterm
The Grapes of Wrath essay - Due January 4th

Week of December 12th

Monday

Class discussion - Chapters 20 - 21
Chapter 22 and handout due on Wednesday

Tuesday

Reading workshop and handout - Chapter 22

Wednesday

Reading Workshop - Chapters 23 - 25 - Due Tomorrow

Thursday

Chapter 25 handout

Friday

Finishing the book - Due Wednesday

Week of December 5th

Monday

Reading Workshop - Chapters 15 - 19

Tuesday

Discussion Group - Chapters 15 - 19

Wednesday

Chapter 19 Handout

Thursday - Friday

Reading Workshop - Chapters 20 - 21 - Due Monday

Week of November 28th

Monday

No School

Tuesday

Class Discussion - Chapters 11, 12 and 13

Wednesday

Chapter 14 and handout

Thursday - Friday

Chapters 15 - 19 Reading workshop - Due next Tuesday

Week of November 21st

Monday

Review Character Handout
Assign next reading chunk - Due Tuesday, November 29th - Chapters 11, 12 and 13

Tuesday

Reading Workshop - The Grapes of Wrath

Wednesday - Friday

No School - Thanksgiving Break

Week of November 14th

Monday

Revisionist History - Episode Three Essay Due
Workshop Chapters 2 - 8 - The Grapes of Wrath

Tuesday

Workshop Chapters 2 - 8 - The Grapes of Wrath

Wednesday

Discussions/Review - Chapters 2 - 8 - The Grapes of Wrath

Thursday - Friday

Read Chapter Nine - Chapter Nine Handout discussion/Review
Discussion of next reading chunk/due date

Week of November 7th

Monday

Revisionist History - Episode Three

Tuesday

Workshop Revisionist History essay

Wednesday - Thursday

Introduction to The Grapes of Wrath
Readings: About the Book, About the Author, Historical Context
Read Chapters one - four

Friday

No School - Parent/Teacher conferences

Week of October 31st

Monday

Revisionist History Essay Due
Class review and discussion of irony and "War is Kind."
Introduce "Richard Cory" and narrative poetry - due Thursday.

Tuesday

Unit Three vocabulary due

Wednesday

Unit Three Vocabulary test

Thursday

Class review of "Richard Cory" and narrative poetry.

Friday

Reading Day

Week of October 24th

Monday

Class review and discussion of The Speaker, Rhythm and Rhyme and the poetry of Langston Hughes.
Introduce the sonnet and "My City" by James Weldon Johnson and "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay - question responses due on Thursday.

Tuesday

Introduce Unit Three Vocabulary.

Wednesday

Reading Workshop - the sonnet.

Thursday

Class review and discussion of the sonnet.
Introduce Irony and "War is Kind" - due on Monday.

Friday

Reading Day

Tuesday

Introduction to Unit

Week of October 17th

Monday

The Speaker, Rhythm and Rhyme - Poetry of Langston Hughes - "Harlem," "I, Too," and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

Tuesday

Unit Two Vocabulary Due

Wednesday

Unit Two Vocabulary Test

Thursday

Nonfiction Project - Episode Two - Revisionist History

Friday

Workshop Revisionist History - Episode Two

Week of October 10th

Monday

No School

Tuesday

Workshop Frankenstein Essay - Due on Wednesday

Wednesday

Nonfiction Project - Episode Two - Revisionist History

Thursday

Workshop Revisionist History Paper

Friday

Introduction to Unit Two Words

Week of October 3rd

Monday

Reading Workshop - Frankenstein - chapters twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three - due on Tuesday.


Tuesday

Discussion of chapters twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three.

Wednesday


Reading Workshop - Frankenstein - Chapter twenty-four - due tomorrow.

Thursday

Discussion of chapter twenty- four and the novel as a whole.

Friday

Workshop Frankenstein essay.

Week of September 26th

Monday

Reading Workshop - Frankenstein

Tuesday

Discussion of chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen.
Chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty due on Thursday.

Wednesday

Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.

Thursday

Discussion of chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty.
Chapters twenty-one and twenty-two due on Monday.

Friday

Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.

Week of September 19th

Monday

Discussion of chapters seven and eight.
Chapters nine, ten and eleven due on Wednesday

Tuesday

Reading Workshop - Frankenstein

Wednesday

Discussion of chapters nine, ten and eleven.
Chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen due on Friday.

Thursday


Reading Workshop - Frankenstein

Friday

Discussion of chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen.
Chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen due on Tuesday.

Week of September 12th

Monday

Reading Workshop - Frankenstein

Tuesday

Discussion of chapters two - four.
Chapters five and six due on Thursday.

Wednesday

Reading Workshop - Frankenstein

Thursday

Discussion of chapters five and six
Chapters seven and eight due on Monday.

Friday

Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.

Week of September 6th

Monday
No School

Tuesday
Read the introduction, author's note and preface of Frankenstein. Journal writing about important things they have learned. Discuss.
Letters and Chapter One marginalia due on Friday.

Wednesday

Review vocabulary Unit One.

Thursday

Vocabulary test on unit one.

Friday

Discussion of Letters and Chapter One.
Chapters two, three and four due on Tuesday.


Week of August 29th

Monday
Introduce reading discussion circles.
Active reading, "Speech at the Virginia Convention" and "The Declaration of Independence."

Tuesday
Discussion Circle - "Speech at the Virginia Convention" and "The Declaration of Independence."

Wednesday

Introduce Unit One Vocabulary - Due Next Wednesday
Introduce Nonfiction assignment - "Revisionist History"

Thursday

Episode One - "Revisionist History"

Friday

Workshop Nonfiction Paper

Week of August 22nd

Monday - Tuesday

No School

Wednesday

Welcome Back!
Journal - What is literature and why do we study it?
Review Syllabus
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind 101!
AR Requirements - Sign Up - Ten Page Research Paper
Vocabulary - Nonfiction - Group Share - Journal - Poem Memorization Assignment
The Four Coordinates of Art

Thursday

Journal
Review The Four Coordinates of Art
Reading of "The Idea of Order at Key West" by Wallace Stevens
Small Group Review
Large Group Share

Friday

AR Book approval
Book Talk
Independent Reading